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I was wondering how long I should wait for a follow up appointment after starting diamox to treat a papilledema.

Doctor's Assistant: Have you seen a doctor about this yet? What medications are you taking?

Yes, my mom was just discharged yesterday and when the office called today to set up a follow-up, its a month away. She currently has vision impairment from the papilledema. They started her on 3000mg of diamox per day.

Doctor's Assistant: Anything else in your medical history you think the doctor should know?

Her CSF pressure from a lumbar puncture was 51. They did confirm optic nerve swelling. She said the headaches started approx a month ago and grew in severity until about 2 weeks ago when her eyesight became impaired to where she cannot read or drive. She had shoulder surgery back in march, and was on an anti-inflammatory until about a couple weeks ago.

Doctor's Assistant: Do you keep personal medical records to help track this?

She has had vision impairment for 2 weeks already. My concern is that by the time the diamox takes effect and reduces swelling, the optic nerve swelling will have caused damage and permanent vision loss. Part of my concern is the horrible job her doctors did in explaining anything at all to us. I've had to go off of research I've found online.

He didn't. No timeline as to how long before permanent damage, which I get could be tough/impossible to predict. But no timeline as to how long it should take for the diamox to have some effect. Is 1 month a reasonable time to wait and see if the diamox is working with vision impairment? My concern is that this medication will not work fast enough. I understand that my research doesn't come close to what doctors have access to, but a lot of what I was reading mentioned acting quickly once vision becomes impaired to make sure the loss isn't permanent.

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